Tag: science
Phys.org: Specialized Retinal Cells Are a “Design Feature,” Showing that the Argument for Suboptimal Design of the Eye “Is Folly”
A Darwinian paradigm assumes that biological systems are cobbled together haphazardly by natural selection over eons of unguided descent with modification.
For Bogus Science, Don’t Forget to Blame the Media
All of that hype and adulation can push those with weak characters or ruthless ambition over the line.
When Ideology Trumps Science: Neil deGrasse Tyson and Cosmos on Global Warming
I finally had a chance to watch the twelfth, penultimate episode of Cosmos, "The World Set Free."
Is NASA Really on the Verge of Finding Extraterrestrial Life?
The best available science, including a new paper by Guillermo Gonzalez, demonstrates that supporting life on a hypothetical exoplanet is much, much tougher than NASA suggests.
What Can We Responsibly Believe About Human Evolution?
The evolution of consciousness, among other things, is presently inexplicable.